This
file is a collection of various messages having a common theme that I
have collected from my reading of the various computer networks. Some
messages date back to 1989, some may be as recent as yesterday.

This
file is part of a collection of files called Stefan's Florilegium.
These files are available on the Internet at:
http://www.florilegium.org

I
have done a limited amount of editing. Messages having to do with
separate topics were sometimes split into different files and
sometimes extraneous information was removed. For instance, the
message IDs were removed to save space and remove clutter.

The
comments made in these messages are not necessarily my viewpoints. I
make no claims as to the accuracy of the information given by the
individual authors.

Please
respect the time and efforts of those who have written these
messages. The copyright status of these messages is unclear at this
time. If information is published from these messages, please give
credit to the originator(s).

It
depends on what you are using them for. They are a great guide for
building a fighting kit as they all contain extensive illustrations
from modern illustrators as well as pics of period sources such as
paintings, illuminations, woodcuts and the like. Most are written by
those who hold PHD's in their given fields of history so the
information is accurate and reliable but only a few I own, such as
the Campaign Series actually site sources and contain
bibliographies. A great resource for someone looking to find out how
a soldier might have lived during their favored time period.

Sometimes
you can luck out and find them at Half Price books. Hobbytown USA
sometimes have them on our time periods. I usually get mine from
Amazon and can find them in good used condition.

My
2 cents- They're by a bunch of different authors, so it depends on
which book. Some are well researched and foot noted, and some are
not. In general, they're a good place to start, and if everyone on
the field looked as good as the drawings in those books we'd have
taken several large steps toward greater authenticity. You will
occasionally find issues in the pictures that just aren't quite
right, a little made up, or anachronistic, but if you use their
bibliography to hunt down pictures of the originals you can make your
kit even better.